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In class, we briefly touched upon the subject of morality and I think it is an important subject to discuss seeing as how it is very pertinent to our daily lives as we encounter the Honor Code everyday.   I think it was Rebecca who defined morality as avoiding harm from coming to you and to others.  As we established in class, it is also a socially constructed idea and it is taught through interaction with others.  I agree with the both these points because a baby isn’t born with a sense of right and wrong.  The concepts of what is right and what is wrong are taught to us through school, our upbringing, and other external influences.  My perception of morality seems to be changing the longer I am at Bryn Mawr.  Prior to coming to college, my morals were relatively similar to those of my peers and I conformed to their ideas of what was right and wrong because they were my primary influence.  Now that I have come to a college that promotes a new way of thinking from one that I was used to in high school, I feel my morals are slowly evolving and becoming more specific to my new lifestyle.